 
Denise
Watson (Anita Skinner) survives a
terrible plane crash as all but her were
slaughtered to death on an island. But
yet she carries on with her life thinking
everything is going well for her with her
job at a TV station.
However, she is told by her psychic
friend Karla Davis (Caren L. Larkey) that
she was supposed to have died in the
plane crash and telling her that
something awful was going to happen.
Denise is stalked by a group of people
whom were dead from the crash are wanting
her soul as they kill people from around
her until she is found and killed herself
since death has planned to take her life.
The film was a low
budgeter but yet not terribly low budget.
It was quite well done without having
alot of skin and intense gore in order to
cover the plot for stinking everything
up. It remained a mystery all the way
through which boggles you to why this is
all happening.
There's a great beginning with one of the
supporting characters getting paranoid
and screaming after a dream as well as a
flashback sequence on the plane crash
with the survivor sitting in her seat
which looked quite twisted.
A good shot on a child outside near
a cargo area of a hospital staring
lifelessly along with shots on his hands
dripping with blood as well as a good
shot on Denise Watson trying to
talk to him with a truck backing up
quickly towards her which looked very
suspenseful.
A good moment with Karla Davis phoning Denise and telling her not
to open her door which looked spooky on
how she said it as well as a psychic feel
to the picture plus there's nice close up
shots near a kitchen area with a cat
clock stopping and Denise herself acting a little nervous looking around
along with a shadow near a window which
leaves a total chill down your spine.
There's also the odd creepy moment with
this character calling the survivor up
and warning her about something that's
going to happen which is very chilling
and does keep you in suspense as to what
will happen whether it's a killer or
something from the living dead going to
attack this survivor.
There's a good moment with Denise driving in her car preoccupied with a male pedestrian slowly
walking in the middle of the road as well
as an anxious reaction on her by swerving to get out of his way with
great shots on her doing this. There's moment with her trying to talk to him with a good shot with his back turned and then slowly
turning around to face her looking
expressionless which looked very spooky
too.
Good camera shot looking down
on Denise as well as the people who work with her walking
into an elevator along with a nice funny
moment on someone dressed in a Santa suit trying to run to
the elevator to get in.
There's a good moment with her on a lower part of some stairs talking to Karla with a good shot on her
smoking a cigarette as if she's close to
suicide.
A good shot on a man in a parking structure on top
of the stairs looking down lifelessly
towards Denise as she acts
nervous thinking he is gonna mug her
along with good shots on him slowly
walking down towards her and she tries to
run away along with a good shot of her
going in an elevator with him trying to
reach out and attack her with the doors
closing which has a nice creepy almost
zombie like feel to it.
Nice shots on Kristy Cutler playing strip poker with two of her friends playing strip poker in a
living room in which the moments shows
some good humor with some people having
fun and peer pressuring one another to
take off their clothes when playing this
game. They all react well panicking when
there is a knock on the door which seemed
very believeable.
There's a good shot on hands closing in
on Kristy near a swimming pool
with great suspenseful shots on her being
forced into the pool with a nice shot in
the water on her panicking while she's
drowning.
There's a cheesy discussion between Denise and a
sleazy cabbie trying to come on to her
which leaves a good impression that he
was the wrong one to get a ride from.
There's a great shot on Kristy with a close up shot
on her holding a kitchen knife walking up
a staircase along with another shot on Denise combing her hair in a bathroom and then a
good camera shot going up the stairs.
Plus a nice anxious moment on Brian Richardson entering the house and
trying to save her with a good shot on him coming
up from behind Kristy and
turning her around with a good dark
spooky shot on her spooky
expressionless face and a nice shot on
her stabbing him.
There's a great energetic moment with Denise smoking a cigarette and pacing yakking
away and being emotional as well as
drinking some alcohol talking to Karla with her being too quiet watching her
which leaves a good creepy impression.
The film takes place close to Christmas
time but yet that's not the film's main
focus like you'd see in something like Black
Christmas, Christmas
Evil or Silent Night
Deadly Night. It can be watched
all year round.
Some people consider this a pre-Final
Destination flick but I don't
see what this one has in common only that
it was a survivor cheating their death
from a plane crash but that's about it.
There's many creepy moments with people
from their death experience returning and
slalking this survivor wherever she goes
trying to kill her which is quite
impressive to the plot and makes it very
entertaining.
There's also a fun scene with friends
playing strip poker while listening to
some funky 80's type of music which seems
to fit in well with the storyline that
invovled an actress who would later on
star in many low budget horror films. I
found this scene enjoyable but this film
was not a T&A flick.
Of course there's a creepy ending in the
film along with who you think was alive
all along but wasn't. I found that part
very necessary for the twists of it all.
Bottom line is the film was fun to watch
and it was quite dark with all that was
happening showing ghouls fromk the plane
accident killing the survivors friends or
anyone near them but we have seen this
many times in other flicks like in
Carnival of Souls, The
Fog and Dead &
Rotting so it's been overly
done. Apparently this film was a reamke
of an old classic too.
The acting is very
dated but however everyone seemed to do
fairly okay during this time era. Lead
actress Anita Skinner (Denise Watson) seemed to
bring in alot of character with her part
as a surviving victim of the plane crash
named Denise Watson bringing out her
outgoing attitude as well as showing good
aggressions in the spots she needed to be
that way. She also had some nice crying
emotions too along with her frightened
behavior. Does well by telling an onscreen cab driver off which looked
well paced. She could definetely earn her
status as a scream queen for future films
but sadly never carried on.
Kurt Johnson (Brian Richardson) portrayed a perfect
serious attitude as a shrink in the film
and was good with his still speaking
along with showing some good energy while
trying to get through situations midway
in the story. He knew how to act stern
whenever it was necessary to do so.
Robin Davidson (Kristy Cutler) came across quite
well as an outgoing friend who seemed to
really know how to portray someone who
likes to have a good time. She drew well
to the picture with her supporting role
and made her character very realistic for
the storyline too. She came across
incredibly creepy as someone returning
from the dead looking expressiionless
too.
Caren
L. Larkey (Karla Davis) played the troubled
actress whom was a perfect
key role to the story with her high
pitched speaking and knew how to behave
paranoid too by the terrible incident of
the plane crash. A good moment with her trying
to host a show but always screwing up and
doing retakes which was very convincing
looking realistic with someone not
getting on the ball of things. Her reactions to her
look nicely done when she is negative towards someone else. She made sure her part
was incredibly mysterious and didn't lack
at all to what she did. Even if she
wasn't the lead role in the flick she
will be remembered by anyone who watched
this film.
There's a cameo by cult sexpot scream
queen Brinke Stevens (Jennifer) as one of
the friends playing a game of strip poker
which was perfect for her part after he
other small role in Slumber Party
Massacre. She seemed to perform
differently than in her other work I've
seen her in which is a compliment. It's a
shame she later on got work in many
terrible made for video horror flicks.
Brinke Stevens
takes off her top during a strip poker
game showing her full breasts since she
often appeared nude during this era of
her acting career in every film she had a
part in.
A body is cut in
half from a plane crash.
A person is bloodily shot.
There's good echoey flute
playing which works well. There's many
wind bending sounds too for the real
ghostly moments too. Also there's high
suspenseful horn playing in alot of
spots. Thwere's some peaceful flute
playing during the pleasant scene's with
the lead character driving in her car
along with some sounds that you'd hear in
a 70's flick. The music was nicely
brought together by David F. Anthony |
